granary

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Noun granary has 1 sense

granary, garner - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
--₁ is a kind of storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store

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Granary

Definition:

A granary is a building or structure used for storing grain.

Parts of Speech:

Noun

Sense 1:

Popular sense: A building or large container used for the storage of harvested grain.

Example sentence: Farmers in the region built a granary to store their wheat harvest.

Sense 2:

Local sense: In a specific region, a granary might refer to a specific storage structure or technique unique to that area.

Example sentence: The local tribes constructed their granary using stone walls to protect their corn from pests.